Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-03-12

generation which has attended SC hOOl with
! the cOlored children will not feel a preiu-
dice against their former schoolmates when
both are grown up.
| Messrs. Karl Mower and Ross Sparks did
good work running the stage of the Grand
opera house during the absence of Mr.. A.
! ii. Griffith.
Mr.. Harris says that the Doctor of Al
cantara has been thoroughly learned by the
Springfield amateurs who will produce it,
and that it is ready 10 be put on the stage.
The lot of an employe of an express
company is not happy one by any means.
In these days people send anything by eX-
press, from their love, to South down
mule What with feeding heifers, catching
flies for pet snakes. and seeing that this
side is up with care" for about hundred
packages at once, they surely deserve the
prayers and pity of the human race. Last
Tuesday the American express in this city
had two Jersey heifers 10 handle. card
accompanied the animals, in which the
time to feed them, and their proper bill of
fare, was set forth. The card said: You
will find their feed in the bag enclosed in
the case, and also a bucket in which to
give them water" The express men were
tearfnlly requested not 10 neglect the
heifers. So at the proper moment they had
to drop everything and administer prov
ender to their charges.
Charlie Warren, son of Rev. VIM. H.
Warren. has written a very readable letter
to his friend. Master Harry Hedges. in this
city. in which he describes his first impress
sions of the Queen City. He told how the
train entered the Union depot during the
flood, when there was over foot of water.
The family stayed at the Palace hotel few
days, until their house was prepared.
Charlie thinks that he will like his new
home very much. Their house is near
Eden park, in one of the loveIiest suburbs
of Cincinnati. In summer the vicinity is a
perfect paradise Of beauty. The new Gin
cinnati museum is not far off
The bicycle season has fairly opened. and
wheels are at a premium. One thing which
proves the enormous demand for wheels is
the fact that a secondhand bicycle can be
sold at fair price at any time. Even the
dealers will buy them back. If English
machines could be admitted free of duty
the price of bicycles in this country
would take a wonderful tumble but as this
is unlikely, the price will probably remain
the same until the American patents on
the machines run out Acme skates which
were sold some years ago for 81 per pair.
brought just - cents per pair at some of
the Springfield hardware stores last year
1t took many years to bring them to that
price. however.
Engineer Harrington is the man who
performs the voluntaries on the celebrated
whistle at the table factory. Mr.. Herring
ton deserves the thanks of the community
for turning what was an infinitely doleful.
agoniLing sound into one which is not very
unpleasant, and is amusing. to say the
least Mr.. Harrington plays regular suc-
cession of musical notes on the machine
and though it is as hard 10 play in time on
1t, as on slide-trombone. he does very
well. Many persons may not know that
tunes can be played on this patent whistle.
as easily as on a trombone. People need
not be at all surprised if they hear lively
jig played on it some evening. and witness
the extraordinary phenomenon of seeing
20, 600 citizens of Springfield dancing to the
music. Everybody would like to hear
''PoP GOES THE WHISTLE"
on this latest triumph of mechanical inge-
nuity. RAMBLER